i mean, the other big influence was going to stratford—on—avon, we lived 30 miles from stratford.d with friends or on my own, cycle to stratford in an evening and cycle back at midnight, having seen the great plays and the great actors of the time, olivier or gielgud or michael redgrave or all the stalwarts of the shakespeare memorial theatre, as it was then. you studied law at oxford, didn't you? yeah. why didn't you pursue that career, or were you never particularly tempted? my father was desperate that i should do well academically, and i was lucky i passed the exam to get into oxford. extraordinary. and did law. but the theatre got too big a hold. we were doing play after play in the university dramatic society or the musicals, and, um... ..i joined an inn of court to be a barrister. and i thought, "this isn't for me." when you read the cases in court, they sound fantastic. but of course, that's the tip of a very big iceberg. and i knew that... i'd got stamina, but not that kind of stamina. and he was very disappointed. how far do you think can we see the, you know, the legacy

charles stratford is standing by for us in ramada in the occupied westbank. i'm charles. what more can you tell us about the rates that will leave the reason why i'm standing back from the window is this this right started about 2 hours ago. we have is riley soldiers, titans, if he's ready. so just in a number of vehicles that the position themselves directly under the building, i'm what we're, i'm the law secretary to do is going to age slowly towards the window and keep our heads down and try and get you some of these live pictures of, of the soldiers, you have soldiers in jeeps to my right on the street here. and sucker keeps them. we'll be able to show you some pictures. we have is riley soldiers. i can see 3 or 4 standing by the main round about the i'm what you're looking at the military vehicles. you can see the ministry vehicles directly underneath this. that is the sound of what off you from is the cold sound grenades used to keep the crowds back . i can see to gas rising on the streets directly across the way that we haven't heard any live far yet. yesterday the

portal confirms the liquidation of the mercenary, who was known in his homeland under the name bret stratford. a canadian veteran from north vancouver served in the international defense legion of ukraine, a foreign fighter unit. the international legion has confirmed stratford's death, but is not sharing details to protect the operational safety, family privacy and respecting their wishes, a legion spokesman said. it is reported that another mercenary , eric vargas, a us citizen who served with statford in the same unit, was killed, this is the end of american hegemony, so i came to participate in a historical event, and what to do, hello to bishkek. that's it, it's me, nordland, kyrgyz, call sign, a volunteer from kyrgyzstan, who arrived in the zone to fight on the side of russia, says many of his friends, fellow countrymen realize what is unfolding in ukraine is not a local conflict at all and that the defeat of the west here will have consequences for the whole world. glory to ukraine. zsu soldiers, and so we are at war, do not forget who is kidnapping you, and donate to the zsu, but in t

i'm delighted to be joined by gerald stratford . be joined by gerald stratford.ia influencer. you are a vegetable grower. you've got all sorts of weird and wonderful vegetables that you grow in your garden, £300 pumpkins and corn . yes. as £300 pumpkins and corn. yes. as long as you are , you're like i long as you are, you're like i say, a social media influencer , say, a social media influencer, 300,000 followers on twitter, which is x , hundreds of which is x, hundreds of thousands of followers on instagram. you're a proper star now. and this is all through growing vegetables . oh, and growing vegetables. oh, and you're a gucci fashion guru you're also a gucci fashion guru as well. what started all this ? as well. what started all this? >> first of all, thank you for having me, louis. it's nice that people want to talk to an old engush people want to talk to an old english gardener, old english gardener . i english gardener, old english gardener. i don't do english gardener, old english gardener . i don't do negatives gardener. i don't do negatives and nasties

at least 9 palestinians have been count. child stratford has moved from ramada in the occupied west. this is the largest in the longest of all the military rates that we've seen happen pretty much will not be basis in various towns and cities. right. the way across the occupied west bank since the will began on october, the 7th, reportedly up to 1400 is really military reservists involved in this right. concentrating on the refugee camp of jeanine and the city itself with now getting reports that the operations expanded even further out of the city. and now includes a number of villages close by these ready ministry saying that they've targeted at least 400 buildings. so far they say that they have destroyed or confiscated all i . e d's, improvised explosive devices, and weapons caches. now jeanine has long bain, a sense of for the palestinian resistance, and it is being rated. so often since the beginning of the will already hundreds of people detained and arrested from the city. but the palestinian prisoner association is saying so far during this right, at least $500.00 policy ind

charles stratford talking to us from room on us equity is stated on to the bank and it says israel must account for the safety of palestinian civilians and its military operations. and gaza is also reiterate of the call for israel to comply with the international law of the of the hominy reports from ramallah in the occupied westbank us back in israel, america's diplomat. that's down on wednesday evening. just as another group of captives was released by hamis and 30 pallets pinion, prisoners were being freed from is ready the jails. the secretary of state came with a clear message. the us would like to see the temporary ceasefire extended. and then the meeting with israel's president, isaac had sold anthony blinking called for the release of captives to continue but his main focus was to exert some influence over the next phase of is was offensive in gaza, which is expected to focus on the south of this trip with the vast majority of guys as $2300000.00 people with forced to flee meetings today with the prime minister and seniors. rarely officials, i made clear that before is real resu

we're going to go to child stratford was engineering in the occupied westbank charles over the last several months to have been reporting on the, the optic and rates that have been going on in the occupied of westbank as have other men. but teams from all to 0, and we have seen the kind of pressures that journalists, particularly palestinian journalists, are being put through doing those rates in the area that you're in. that's right. i mean, it's very difficult to describe the kind of experiences that palestinian genesis in particular experience on a pretty much a daily basis here in the occupied westbank. since certainly, since the war has started, i mean, we have seen, generally speaking, targeted indeed out team. only a couple of weeks ago was targeted above offer prison. as a group of these ready soldiers came up to all just a 5 rubber bullets smashed the wind screens on our car. indeed, we believe one rather bullet to smash the view. find of one of the houses here arabic team is cameras, and this is not an unusual event. and of course, there is nobody help to account for this kind of

i'm delighted to be joined by gerald stratford . be joined by gerald stratford.l media influencer. you are a vegetable grower. you've got all sorts of weird and wonderful vegetables that you grow in your garden, £300 pumpkins and corn . yes. as £300 pumpkins and corn. yes. as long as you are , you're like i long as you are, you're like i say, a social media influencer , say, a social media influencer, 300,000 followers on twitter, which is x , hundreds of which is x, hundreds of thousands of followers on instagram. you're a proper star now. and this is all through growing vegetables . oh, and growing vegetables. oh, and you're a gucci fashion guru you're also a gucci fashion guru as well. what started all this ? as well. what started all this? >> first of all, thank you for having me, louis. it's nice that people want to talk to an old engush people want to talk to an old english gardener, old english gardener . i english gardener, old english gardener. i don't do english gardener, old english gardener . i don't do negatives gardener. i don't do negatives and nas

that actually happened at the end of a season at stratford.to what this is all about. in this a00th anniversary year of the publication of shakespeare's plays, a celebration of those words and how they live on. are there passages from shakespeare that come back to you at moments that are helpful? absolutely. reems of it. don't start me, david. my love is deep. the more i give to thee, the more i have, for both are infinite. crikey! how did he write that on a wednesday afternoon in stratford—upon—avon? david sillito, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's simon king. some big contrasts at the moment in the temperature across the uk. in the temperature across the uk. in the north—east, aberdeenshire, currently —5 but, in contrast, in the south—west of england, with cloudy skies, that mild air moving into cornwall, so temperature here about ten. but that milder air comes with rain, quite significant rain in south—west england, wales and northern ireland, spreading north and east as it hits cold air for the there could be some significan

, there is a period stratford, there is a period when plague hits london and stratford says to van dykent. will you do me all your paintings that i'm ordering from you for a discount? and van dyke being very commercial says, of very commercial says, yes, of course like this fact course. and i like this fact that isn't this highfalutin that art isn't this highfalutin stuff that we sometimes get told it is. it's actually commercial. people need to earn their living. yeah >> think that's why the >> and i think that's why the art market quite the actual art market is quite the actual art market is quite the actual art market is quite the actual art market where people are buying christie's and buying art at christie's and sotheby's not as affected by sotheby's is not as affected by this, wokeism other areas this, by wokeism as other areas of culture. just because people have to vote with their money and they have live with the and they have to live with the works of art within their houses. so it's a very different layer culture wars. houses. so it's a very different layiyes, culture wars.

sharon joined the stratford branch in london when she was 19.stjoined the church, my mental health was not at best. i was diagnosed with clinical depression. as they also call themselves a helpcentre, i believed that there's people, maybe even professionals, that can speak to me and help me. what did they actually tell you was causing these problems? they said it was mainly demons. and they said in order to get rid of those problems, i would need to go for spiritual cleansing. this is one of the church's promotional videos featuring a service in trinidad. yoursoul is mine! this — this is the demon. sharon says she was told she could be spiritually cleansed by taking part in something the church calls strong prayers. screaming. they usually involve a pastor laying his hand on a member's head and calling for an evil spirit to leave their body. fire! receiving fire. prayers to cast out evil spirits are not unusual in the christian world. they're sometimes called deliverance or exorcism. christians believe — i believe — there are forces for good and

maybe pick u- on that, they are talking about stratford—upon—avon, aren't they? in the women's nations league, but it's a victory that leaves their two destinies out of their hands. they won the game 3—2 to at least keep hopes alive of both progressing to the tournament's finals and qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb. england knew they needed a victory by 2 clear goals to go top of their group, but lineth beerensteyn scored twice to make it 2—0 to the dutch at half—time. england now had a mountain to climb, but georgia stanway pulled a goal back after the break. just two minutes later they had another, this time from lauren hemp as she made it all square. it was to be a thrilling finish and ella toone made it 3—2 with a goal in injury time. but there were no more goals. if england beat scotland and the netherlands fail to beat belgium on tuesday... then those twin achievements are secured. scotland had to win in belgium tonight and beat england on tuesday to avoid relegation. but could only draw. marie detruyer put the belgians ahead before erin cut

michael redgrave playing king lear at stratford.ckdown list of camilla's nine favourite books has grown into a global charity, as the then duchess told writers gathered at clarence house. you open our eyes to others' experiences and remind us that we're not alone. human beings have always needed the connection of literature. its wisdom as well as its sheer escapism. in today's challenging climate, we need it more than ever. the princess of wales demonstrated her musical talents this year for eurovision. but her focus has largely been in places like this. described as her life's work, catherine continues to highlight the importance of the early years. shaping us was launched injanuary, a campaign described as being about raising public awareness rather than politics or policy. people often ask me why i focus my time on early childhood. well, the answer is because i care deeply about making a positive difference in helping the most vulnerable and supporting those who are most in need. here, there's lots of people who give up their tim

john stratford with the latest stay from the occupied westbank . and this is the guys the skyline skyline that is once again under a dock 2 of smoke, after israel resumed its bombing campaign of the guys a strip. after 7 days, the fire came to an end earlier on friday and the renew defensive. according to our correspondence on the ground, have expanded targeting 7 areas of the gaza strip, such as con eunice and rafa, at least a 100 palestinians have been killed this friday, we understand many more injured. let's speak to julia to my now. who is the spokesperson for the un palestinian refugee agency and why? she's joining us from oman and jordan. juliet, thank you very much for being with us. how concerned are you about the resumption of the war on guys that what does this mean for civilians? and for your operations and the gaza strip. thank you. i think we are beyond the concern we haven't been following since early morning. what's been happening on the grounds in gaza and haven't been in touch with our colleagues in, in the gaza strip. and they ha

charles stratford has the very latest 4th joys as kno uh, from ramallah, a 3 day long rate. it is not really that frequent. this one really is dragging out, isn't it charles? yes, so this is by far the longest, most expensive of old days where the ministry rides, the countless is right imagery rise that we've seen across the occupied with banks since the beginning of the war. and in the last hour. also, we have the speaking of journalists and how sole she's on the ground in psych janine day on now saying that, so these ready middle tree have withdrawal from the camp. and we understand the city of janine also possibly also the villages because they saw peroration extended into villages south and to the west of virginia. and we've had no official statement yet from the is riley all me to that effect. but certainly people on the ground that we've been speaking to say that that has happened, which now means that the palestinians can begin to bury the date and the telephone call. we just made a few minutes ago. you can hit the, basically, the pres, starting before the funerals, b

charles stratford is in ramallah with the latest from the occupied westbank and tarik assume is joining us from rafa in garza. but 1st bill of box begins on coverage outside the apple yusef on the job hospital in rafa to dominate the scene. the sound track kit is ceaseless grief. i beg you this woman cries, i want to see her for the last time. those here moon, for them, others the assistance and best sons, but no amount of tears will change this reality. not measuring the about the image of a sudden the roof came down on the head. the whole family was gathered, my mother and brother with his wife and children. the house was hit by miss, so we did not feel anything of that. my mother was killed instead of going to the medical stop race to respond despite risk to the safety. and then again, the it is difficult to get any way to get the wounded people because of the buttons being dropped, one off the other, their wounded people everywhere, and the injuries are serious, even like a. we reach one location and it's talking about once or twice over at the same location. the problem is the can

charles stratford as more from ramallah is really on the vehicles with the ladies, drones, bulldozers and at least 1400 is ready was of the soldiers were involved. they surrounded and sealed off the record g camp inside union city hunting suspect 2 members of the palestinian owned resistance. tens of thousands of palestinian civilians were trapped in sight. they besieged homes for round 60 hours. they came and took my husband under threatened us in the kitchen. they destroyed the room while we were searching. they asked us not to shut the door to keep a type in because they might come back up to breaking down tools. soldiers, rams palestinian homes on bill bill and they came, it's nice look what they have done to the house is just destruction. they blew it out. this is just their hatred toward us, but we're not afraid of them. jenny will always embrace the heroes of the resistance. we will not let our people down all of the surrounding jeanine's main hospitals and he's waiting on the store to detain ambulance teams trying to reach the wounded so that these ready ministry really go tea

let's bring in child stratford to tell us about what's been happening, charlie over the last few hours to i suppose funny. it was about an hour ago that we heard the 1st explosion of what a widely cold sound grenades. these are grenades that are used to buy these, right, the military to keep palestinian style. and so i was people back during rates. the reason why i'm so far back from the window is that we have is right, the ministry vehicles at least 6 that we've seen directly underneath the building here to the right of the building. there's also a few to the left as a say in the last few minutes. we've had more of those done grades. it's a little bit too risky to go too close to that window and show you directed these pictures. but we've also seen something like this to the less this, the menorah round about this is central ramallah. and i reckon approximately 20 just the 2 soldiers as you can imagine, will have seemingly surrounded proud of the round about their will. so as i say to my left, as i talk to you now there seems to be roadblocks that palestinians have sets up and the roa

so that's suffering more than ever. child stratford reports from bethlehem . a palestinian would colors have been working at this time leave on business invested in almost a 150 years. but this christmas war on gulls and subsequent increase of these really military rates across the occupied west bank as post tourists to stay away. who's saying how much is being called in christian figurines. like this one for more than 3 decades. depends on his job based family of 6, but his work is in my blog. i love it and i love my workplace and my fellow workers, the situation is terrible everywhere. the boss is trying to help us to work by any means, but it's hard for him when business so bad. rumsey, zachary is the full generation to run the business. pictures of his great grandfather coughing would hang on the wall. it had of its cool solve the situation and bathroom is called because 80 percent of the economy here depends on tourism. and we're trying to keep the workshop running for the workers because they all have responsibilities. and this is all i know in the nutri

okay. desktop child stratford, joining us that from romano. thanks so much sounds. this is where the army says a total of its soldiers have been killed and the northern garza strep is ready minute trace. as a colonda, as a monk stays hills joined. fighting on choose day is a $114.00 troops have been killed since this ground operation. against him, us began on the 20th of october. let's get it all in session now. he's in occupied is jerusalem. so what do we know about the latest s of these 8 soldiers? well the soldiers from the galani regiment, they were operating into jaya, which is north of guys, the city from the narrative that has been released by the is really army. what seems to have happened is that they were operating, trying to clean a building, which and there was, was full of potential targets. as the soldiers moved into the building, there was a very large explosion, which obviously injured the number of those soldiers. now a 2nd group of soldiers went to, to rescue the people for it being hard. and they were caught up in a 2nd explosion. that incredibly,

i'll just areas, child stratford has more for me to call them. this is riley all me right. last around i was on the refugee camp of nora shops in total car, pine down here. this is one of the strikes sides of what local site was a projects all that was launched from. and these really driving, as you can see, the damage to the ground is minimal. and that's because this particular westland is designed to throw out thousands of bull bearings and pieces of shrapnel at the surface level here. and as you can see, that will is completely peppered. with shrapnel locals here say that there were 2 members of the on resistance that were killed in this attack and one civilian. but it's a complicated story apparently off to the 1st strike, one of still resistance members was killed immediately. another one was seriously wounded. then he called over to this house and knocked on the door for help. you can see the blot here is blocked down there on the steps and then there was a 2nd drive and strikes. the member of the old resistance was killed immediately, but the sun was seriously wounde

his very forces, reportedly prevented ambulances from reaching the same to speak now to charles stratford, who is live in ramallah for us. so charles, these res, continuing, what more are you hearing on that? well there seems to be an ongoing rate still in the village of bates, which is near nablus in the nose of the occupied westbank. we've had no confirmation of with but withdrawal of his right the fullest that right. starting around 3 to 4 hours ago, reports of at least 30 people injured in that right, mainly from 2 guys, including a, a, a 5 month old baby and a 2 year old child. so worrying situation there in bates are in the notes of the occupied with bank as you right. you said the raids over night again and villages around janine, we have now got confirmation that a resident from jeanine who was shot on november, the 9th, the 16 year old use. he has died in the last 24 hours from his injuries. the also rates on hebron, the focus of that right body is ready memory seems to be and they still haven't charge the the deals with all for this. we understand that a lot of equipment was cal

as charles stratford right for some kind of kind of want any ass off this memorial monks with 41 year old comp and to off load. i'll see with shot dead drilling electronic bodies ready settlers in the occupied westbank on december. the 2nd. this video is off that day. you can see settlers smashing palestinian property as the, as really on the stands by the secular set, by a to show his home where he lives with these 3 daughters. and i know how good on it . and then if i keep thinking of my goals, then thank god they were out when the attack happened. this is my home. we all have lived for 5 years. but where can i go there? all 6 illegal is ready settlements that a gradually expanding close to the village. and then these really all of the base is on one of the adjacent hills. many of us, the, and most of the attacks have gotten more violent death and fire now without warning . there is no way to talk to them the just shoot to an offer to you and who's recorded at least 380 is ready. secular tax and the occupied with bank since the beginning of the war. on october. the 7th. at least 8 p

because there was a meeting about 40 students in the stratford university who met up last week to discuss how they could mobilize for palestinian. the solitary and the police came to the meeting and started taking pictures of the people. so that's just a given idea of the climate. it's a climate the president's a climate where it's tough to express anything that doesn't go in the direction of what the french government wants and it's not so different in berlin. it's not so different. and again, uh, rena, what about in the us? can you tell us a little bit more about the atmosphere now? i mean, have you been able to defend your position? have you been able to, i don't know. even talk to your former employer about getting that job back. yeah. so i employer actually has not reached out to me and i was never able to defend my statement or say anything clarifying lee about the statement because it all happened so fast. and i think that, you know, even at the university level with my law school, we're still not seeing this kind of the ability for people to be consolidated with palestine without

similar to this, as it, as it continues in that city, in the north of the occupied westbank. cha, stratford the with the latest. now the un peacekeeping force and 11 on has wanted that the escalation hosted as he's along the is really border could why than so high roads has moved from israel's northern border. what we've come to israel's northern border with 11 know more in estimates of 65000 is rainy's, received an order from the government to leave the homes. and that's because of a virus of real kids coming from his fall across the border and 11 on. and then the last few minutes we had outgoing all to, to re fi from is ro in to lebanon. i'm all along this border. there are plenty of check points to ensure that no one and says what has now become a military design. but we're going to go and have a look at some of those evacuated towns the, okay, we just had some sirens, and some real kids coming up from lebanon. you can see on the hill the not the top that was a move to that. you just saw in that area you'll see is black kids where it's been torched by previous attacks that and that just

is also amongst the dead treasure, any forces preventing an ambulance from guessing to him. child stratford joins us now from ramallah. so just bring us up to speed with what the latest situation is. now in janine of what we're just seeing videos that stopped, i suppose about half an hour ago of what's being reported as these ready to meet you having surrounded a particular home in the refugee camp in jeanine their own loud speakers and have been voiding the occupancy to to leave the house immediately. ready face essentially the house actually being destroyed. um there also seems to be using what we often cool sound grenades. uh these are these uh the shockey explosive devices that can cause damage but are incredibly loud. um and i used to choose the scan. protest is um, a way from area is we have seen over the last few hours, also arrested palestinians blindfolded, having being laid or being laid out of the refugee camp. this res, now is what we're 27 hours at least into it started at 3 am. yesterday morning, definitely one of the long this one of the largest rates we've seen since the beg

charles stratford has more for us from the law and they don't get back to us back. it is easily one of the longest, most extensive rights since the war began. we're seeing video footage, all these ready soldiers leading palestinian prisoners blindfolded out of the camp . um, we don't have exact figures on the amount of the arrests, but certainly according to the palestinian prisoner association, they earlier was saying that they believed up to a 100 people may have been arrested. but what we do know is that in the subsequent hours, we have heard about as some people who are detained, being released, we were told around about search the men being released. but yes, this has been a massive rate involving many ministry vehicles including those um and bulldozers that bring such destruction during rates like this to civilian areas, to camps like the one in jeanine. of course, the palestinians invites groups called collective punishment because these bulldoze is not only target houses, but the vital infrastructure. and as you say, um 7 people have died in this during this