we are grateful to sir trevor nunn.ading to the british virgin islands today, to see for himself the damage caused by hurricane irma at the weekend. the government has been criticised for being slow in its response to the disaster. 700 british troops and 50 police officers have been deployed, and more aid supplies are on their way. hurricane irma, the strongest ever recorded in the atlantic ocean, is now fading away as it passes over the american state of georgia. our correspondent richard lister reports. a tropical paradise reduced to rubble. this is tortola — the largest of the british virgin islands and the most heavily populated. just imagine trying to live here now. there are 1a other inhabited islands in the bvi just like this. the people here are british citizens and they are looking to the uk for help. and britain is helping. at raf brize norton, giant transport aircraft have been loaded with hundreds of tonnes of aid for the region. they are taking emergency supplies as well as timber and building equipment. th

he was, as the director trevor nunn has said, the man who changed theatre from ancient to modern.ark us ruling, has died. she successfully challenged the law that defined marriage as between one man and one woman as unconstitutional and helped pave the way for gay marriage around the country. ms windsor had successfully sued the us government after being ordered to pay more than $300,000 in federal estate tax after her then—wife died. she was 88. a hugely popular internet reality show called the ‘rap of china' is shining a light on chinese hip—hop. with more than 2.5 billion views injust two months, the show has helped propel hip—hop into mainstream chinese popular culture. we've been speaking to three young rappers who rose to stardom on the programme. chinese people are dope, chinese rappers are dope. so now that china is making a lot of money, china's coming up now in hip—hop, in finance, in innovation, entrepreneurship, everything. yeah, we've been neglected for so long, but we're here now. you know, we've got money now, we've got power now, look at me now, it's good. let's ta

he was, as the director trevor nunn has said, the man who changed theatre from ancient to modern.the rap of china is shining a light on chinese hip—hop. with more than 2.5 billion views injust two months, the show has helped propel hip—hop into mainstream chinese popular culture. we've been speaking to three young rappers who rose to stardom on the programme. chinese people are dope, chinese rappers are dope. so now that china is making a lot of money, china's coming up now in hip—hop, in finance, in innovation, entrepreneurship, everything. yeah, we've been neglected for so long, but we're here now. you know, we've got money now, we've got power now, look at me now, it's good. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @benmbland. plenty more news on the website whenever you like it. this is bbc world news. thanks for watching. hi there. wet and windy weather will continue to work its way eastwards, we've already had some fairly lively gusts of wind around our most exposed coastal areas around england and wales. gusts of around 50mph or 60mph t

he was, as the director trevor nunn has said, the man who changed theatre from ancient to modern.at the age of 86. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories... three men — including two serving soldiers — have appeared before magistrates, charged with terrorism offences. they're accused of being members of the banned neo—nazi group, national action. they're due to appear at the old bailey later this month. police say a man arrested in connection with the death of 25—year—old louella eve fletcher—michie at the bestival festival in dorset, has been released under investigation. he was being questioned on suspicion of supplying a class a drug. the public relations agency bell pottinger has gone into administration. it's been unable to find a buyer since it was accused of stirring up racial tensions in south africa during an advertising campaign. nine members of a traveller family have been jailed for between six and 15 years, for running a slavery network in lincolnshire. the rooneys forced eighteen vulnerable men to work as labourers for little or no pay. their vict

generally, from sir trevor nunn to nicholas hytner, they were all brought on by sir peter and his mentoringe directors, actors, designers, whatever. one thing to sum him up was that he wanted to acid onto the generation. he wanted the rose to work with the university and to pass on those traits to the next generation. it was absolutely in the co re generation. it was absolutely in the core of what he believed in. the next generation is almost more important than the current generation. he has left an extraordinary legacy. robert 0 dowd, thanks very much for coming in to talk to us. now its time for business — and it's ten years ago this week since the collapse of northern rock. you'll remember those queues outside its branches up and down the country as people tried in panic to get their savings out. and jamie robertson is in newcastle for us now. thanks very much indeed. talking about a financial disaster, one of the most memorable financial disasters of the last 80 or 90 yea rs, disasters of the last 80 or 90 years, what happened ten years ago. as you were saying, remember the pictures of

trevor nunn said he took theatre from a classical age into the modern age.save sir peter hall was the most significant character in british theatre in the second half of the 20th century and maybe one of the biggest characters in the theatre of all time. his influence was extraordinary, from the very early stage, mid 20s, he put on waiting for godot, he was running a commercial theatre, he had put on a show every month. it landed on his desk, he didn't particularly understand it, he didn't think it would change theatre, he thought it might get them through august! but of course it became a sensation, went to the west end, and he said it changed his life, gave him stratford. shakespeare's changed his life, gave him stratford. sha kespeare's stratford memorial trust invited him to come and doa memorial trust invited him to come and do a summer season and he persuaded the trust that they shouldn't just persuaded the trust that they shouldn'tjust do a summer season of shakespeare, there should be a permanent theatre company that and thatis permanent theatre comp