roisin has come to the west end of london to watch some live theatre — no, not that kind of theatre,his cloud—based platform now allows trainee surgeons to scrub in virtually, from home, on the bus or, in this case, on the street. could you walk me through what's going on? speaks indistnctly. sometimes it is quite hard to either get the time to get into theatre, or it can be quite busy. so being able to watch things in my own time or remotely is really helpful, it also helps getting more i—to—i interaction with the consultants so i can speak to them via the proximie app. roisin is watching a feed coming from an operating room at st thomas�*s hospital in central london where a patient is undergoing robot—assisted surgery to remove a section of their colon that's been affected by cancer. more than 2,000 surgeries have now been conducted at the hospital using the platform, which has been developed by a company called proximie. there are four cameras in this operating room. two are giving an overview of the entire procedure from different angles. vicki is wearing the third on her headset

a mother's day excursion with my kids and my wife to an historically themed musical in the west end of london, i don't want to condemn it in a _ do this? anyway, i don't want to condemn it in a way _ do this? anyway, i don't want to condemn it in a way because - do this? anyway, i don't want to condemn it in a way because it i do this? anyway, i don't want to | condemn it in a way because it is do this? anyway, i don't want to i condemn it in a way because it is an exciting thing to happen in your community. if you secure the head, maybe it is going into a fisherman's hut or a boat. not something i would do. i am hut or a boat. not something i would do. iam not hut or a boat. not something i would do. i am not trying to settle of say it was terribly bad to do because we want to work with these people to get it back, really. it is a once—in—a—lifetime thing. scientists say no shark of this species on the scale has ever watched up on uk shores. it has attracted a lot of excitement. shores. it has attracted a lot of excitement-— shores. it has attracted a lot of excitement. ., ., , excitement. n

from today, you can apply to volunteer as part of the team for the first time, london's west end has h links leicester square with piccadilly, is illuminated. just a note for viewers in the uk. if you want to follow the debate about rishi sunak�*s new brexit deal, you will find it on bbc parliament. hello good afternoon. it was a sunny start this morning. stormy skies over argyll and bute and across western scotland for the rest of the day. gusts of wind inland. over the next few days, no few days chaining very unsettled for the whole of uk but also mild for the whole of uk but also mild for the rest of the weekend. still some heavy rain across shetland moving towards orkney and then back to shetland again. heavy foundry downpours elsewhere. very mild for the time of year. there will be some strong winds around as well. the winds gust around western coasts. there could be some various flood warnings in place issued by the environmental agency. through this evening and overnight, there will be more heavy and foundry downpours leading eastwards, more share heavy showers, elsewhere clear

and in london, the west end has been lit up with 30,000 lights to mark ramadan for the very first time. the lights were switched on by the mayor ofr us here on newsday. i'm monica miller. thanks for watching. hello there. the weather is remaining pretty unsettled for the rest of this week. low pressure will always be nearby, out to the west of the uk, in the atlantic — steering weather fronts our way, bringing outbreaks of rain, followed by sunshine and showers. and it will be blustery, even windy at times, particularly across england and wales. but on the plus side, it'll be fairly mild, with our air source coming in from the south—west. but it's quite a messy picture, i think, as you can see here for thursday, low pressure out to the west, lots of isobars, plenty of weather fronts. this weather front will bring more persistent rain to the south and south—east of the country later in the day. so we'll have showers, even longer spells of rain affecting central, northern and western areas. some good spells of sunshine around, too. but later in the day, we'll see the cloud building up across the south and south—east as this persist

at old oak common in west london, you get a sense of hs2�*s scale. the so—called super hub station will be one endst london, you get a sense of hs2�*s scale. the so—called super hub station will be one end of the railway hs2 trains will eventually run where i�*m standing. this is the entrance to the first tunnel that was finished along the route, this one under the warwickshire countryside. and just next to it, a second tunnel, and work to complete this one is already more than halfway. 30,000 people are already working on the project, which is meant to cutjourney times and increase capacity. the stretch linking old oak common and birmingham is scheduled to open by the end of 2033, with euston station in central london opening later. the line�*s due to reach crewe by 2034, and get to manchester by 2041. an eastern leg would follow to the east midlands. plans to build this all the way to leeds were scrapped. hs2 has long been marked by rising costs and delays. so, birmingham�*s to the north... high inflation has forced a fresh focus on keeping costs down to avoid busting the current budget. we are

be any delays between the final stretch of that first phase from old 0ak common in west london to houston in central london. 0ld 0ak common will actually be the endt, recently seen to quash reports that the euston terminal would never open. perhaps we will find out soon whether something else will happen to the plans for that station. have to say, no confirmation at the moment of exactly what is going to be announced. are transport... tens of thousands of israelis have begun rallies across the country in another day of protest against the government's proposed radical overhaul of thejudicial system. many israelis believe the changes could threaten democracy. these are live pictures from the rally in tel aviv. activists in the city are aiming to block the road to tel aviv airport, from where the prime minister, activists in the city are aiming to block the road to tel aviv airport, from where the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is due to leave on an official visit to italy. in haifa — naval reservists have blockaded the port preventing the movement of maritime traffic. and i couldn't secure the safety of a high—profile internationalfigure a hi

end of the afternoon. rain easing from shetland. in between sunshine and showers. showers from the north—west to londonengland. some people will see more showers than others. one or two will stay dry this afternoon. brisk south—westerly wind. not very strong, but a very mild one. 15 degrees possible in eastern scotland. we finish the day with rain in northern ireland. that spreads across, scotland, wales, northern and western england. all parts will see rain. lingering in the south tomorrow morning. elsewhere clear skies developing and another mild start. as we go into wednesday the other story the more persistent rain clearing, is the strong winds in the south. 60 or 70mph gusts across scotland during the morning. persistent rain clearing from shetland. staying drizzly east of the chan. some passing or heavy showers. for all a windy day with wide spread gales. they're coming from a south—westerly direction, so still mild. but feeling cooler given the strength of the wind. staying windy into thursday. more persistent rain could move up into the south—east. a lot of showers in england and wales. heavy a

west london, you get a sense of hs2's scale. the so—called super hub station will be one end of the railway when it first opens. 80 miles away, thisentually run where i'm standing. this is the entrance to the first tunnel that was finished along the route, this one under the warwickshire countryside. and just next to it, a second tunnel, and work to complete this one is already more than halfway. 30,000 people are already working on the project, which is meant to cutjourney times and increase capacity. the stretch linking 0ld 0ak common and birmingham is scheduled to open by the end of 2033, with euston station in central london opening later. the line's due to reach crewe by 2034, and get to manchester by 2041. an eastern leg would follow to the east midlands. plans to build this all the way to leeds were scrapped. hs2 has long been marked by rising costs and delays. so, birmingham's to the north... high inflation has forced a fresh focus on keeping costs down to avoid busting the current budget. we are looking at the timing of the project, the phasing of the project, looking at where we can use our supply chain to secure a lot o

of the theatre world. playwright david hare had wrote in the spectator that he was dismayed to walk wyndham's theatre in london's west endon of swatting bean see a production of swatting bear. musicals, he said , become bear. musicals, he said, become the late landy of the strangling. everything in their path. well andrew lloyd webber didn't hold back when he suggested that hare was simply trying to bury his own contribution to musical theatre. he labelled hares 1987 musical the knife , one of the greatest the knife, one of the greatest musical disasters in history. now sounds like a cat fight. well, the arts editor of express online , stefan curiosity, is online, stefan curiosity, is here once . so the gloves came here once. so the gloves came off between these two show. but let us test the proposition . let us test the proposition. funnily enough , i've been funnily enough, i've been thinking about this because i told you i'd been in new york and new york. i went to see a couple of musicals, but i also wanted to go and see a play, a play wanted to go and see a play, a play that was dialogue. and i found it extremely di

edging towards the west of london by the end of the day.charlie stayt. good morning. i can't bear that the way presenters say each other's names. why can't you say your own name? i'm charlie stayt and i'm naga munchetty. she can speak for herself. why have you got to say that? on sunday, bbc one woke us with some jazzy news from europe. now, did you catch eurovision last night? yes, we did. funny how that phantom stain appears there every so often. you noticed? good morning. welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel fern. i like chris mason. i like the confidence he has to part his hair in the middle. i love it! and one of the most legendary gogglebox pairings — best friends sandi bogle and sandra martin — join us now. can you believe it is ten years? it is a long time but it's gone very is a long time but it�*s gone very quickly. how amazing. sound like i was 15 when it started, i�*m 60 now. like all great ideas it is a simple eye dear. it like all great ideas it is a simple e e dear. . like all great ideas it is a simple eedear. ,

for the first time, london's west end has been lit up with 30—thousand lights to mark the start of ramadan. here back in the few minutes with much more. hello. whilst there is a bit more sunshine around today, it is a bit of a wild and windy one for some of you. especially at the moment across parts of scotland. we have got winds inland, 50, 60mph, a bit more around some western coasts as well. and it is notjust here we have the strong winds. right across the board, we have widespread gales today. and those coupled with high spring tides means around some western coasts, notjust today but over the next few days, there is increased risk of some coastal flooding. as for the weather itself, well, this mixture of cloud is what brought the overnight rain. it is clearing away now to allow those sunny spells to develop quite widely. but some heavy showers in the north of scotland, could come with the odd rumble of thunder to go with those strong winds, away from that, the cloud in the south—east, breaks up sunny spells here and most of us will see some sunny spells through the afternoon. there wi

west london, you get a sense of hs2's huge scale. the so—called super hub station here will be one end of the railway when it first opens. 80 miles awayrst tunnel that was finished along the route, this one under the warwickshire countryside, and just next to it a second tunnel. and work to complete this one is already more than halfway. the first phase of the project is 40% done. the stretch linking old oak common and birmingham is scheduled to open by the end of 2033, with euston station in central london opening later. the line is due to reach crewe by 2034 and get to manchester by 2041. an eastern leg would follow to the east midlands. plans to build this all the way to leeds were scrapped. hs2 has long been marked by rising costs and delays. so birmingham is to the north of here, about 30 miles. high inflation has forced a fresh focus on keeping costs down to avoid busting the current budget. we're looking at the timing of the project, the phasing of the project, we are looking at where we can use our supply chain to secure a lot of those things that are costing us more through inflation, are there smarter ways of buying our ener

london, washington and brussels do not hide. the west will still try to inflict as much damage on russia as possible, even if there is nothing left of ukraine in the endukhin news. the united states is putting pressure on russian partners and forcing them to break any ties with moscow , secretary of the russian security council nikolai patrushev said at a meeting with venezuelan president nicolas maduro. negotiations were held in caracas. patrushev noted the value of the fact that venezuela publicly condemned the destructive policy of the west and nato, as well as unleashed against our country and aggression. at least 36 people were victims of a train derailment in greece , the accident occurred two hundred kilometers from athens passenger and freight trains went on the same path towards each other, the head cars collided and derailed immediately after the collision, a fire broke out , representatives of the fire service said that there were at least 350 people on the passenger train. 30 ambulances left for the scene, all of them are now , the police are delivering the victims to the st. hospitals and papa nikolaou and genius mats in the city of thess

saturday, but says the west needs to approve is ready to hold up this end of the agreement with you 8, tells the u. k to tone down is complaints about human rights abuses if london wants to make big money deals in the region. a coming to you live from the russian capital. this is r t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. trading has been halted for multiple banks on the new york stock exchange. it all comes in the wake of the collapse of silicon valley bank as fears of contagion spread. those affect it include charles schwab, western alliance, and 1st alliance with reports of 1st republic, bank has been stopped as well. after losing 60 percent of its market cap. today, the crashes occurred while president biden sought to reassure americans that their money is safe. although he refused to engage with journalists after delivering his statement, all customers who had deposits and these banks can rest assured, i want to rest assured they'll be protected and they'll have access to their money . as of today, that includes small businesses across the country. the bank there and need to make payroll pay their bill

london. the west will still try to inflict as much damage on russia as possible, even if in the end there will be nothing left from ukraine . on the day ofew khrustalny ice complex was opened ; it was built within the framework of two projects of national demography and regional sports - the norm of life for experienced and novice athletes. now there is a comfortable base for training. and for those who just love to skate, our correspondent also visited the place where you can spend time with benefit. the atmosphere of the holidays in every movement is played by music, the athletes go out on the ice, the russian tricolors develop, and the guest in the stands are looking forward to the start in honor of on the russian winter sports day , young figure skaters, hockey players, and short track masters show what these athletes have learned in training earlier, trained on the rubin ice, and now the new sports complex has become a second home. khrustalny here will work departments of figure skating and short track for the preparation of young talents, there are all conditions, a gym. the big ice arena, an elevator and a grandstand for 300 seats

ended david in london. go right ahead. yeah, absolutely. i totally agree with you. i mean, what you've got in the west is huge propaganda. there is only one line coming from most of the mainstream media and all of the governments in the collective west. and that is that russia is bad. ukraine is good, zalinski is an angel hootin is the devil, and that is how it's been spawn. there's absolutely no talk aloud of how this goes back to 2014. and the qu, that was instigated by the cia with victoria newland in ukraine because the collective west will not the people, but the governments in the deep state of the collective west wanted to bring ukraine into the e u and into nato. and that doesn't make any sense from a security point of view or an economic point of view, but there's no talk that kind of discussion isn't allowed. i did actually go on to a mainstream channel just recently and said that, but i haven't been invited back on. so i think they're all powers that be that try to stop this, a blind from being, i even spoken. and this information from being received by the people. but the great thing is that people still look on social media. ordinary people are actua

end up becoming homeless. he is serving eviction notices on 8,000 afghans, half of whom are children, with no guarantee that they will be offered a suitable settled place to live. at this west londong themselves homeless rather than move somewhere entirely new. having arrived in the uk 18 months ago, afghan families have put down roots. their kids are in local schools, parents in localjobs, their support network in local neighbourhoods. but finding a suitable and permanent local home is often close to impossible. the government believes self—reliance is part of adapting to a new life in britain, and with around 9,000 afghans having already moved into permanent homes, they want to encourage the remaining 8,000 to do the same. mark easton, bbc news. one of the world's biggest betting companies, william hill, has been ordered to pay more than £19 million for failing to protect its customers — that's the largest penalty ever imposed by the regulator. the gambling commission said it had found "widespread and alarming" problems. katie razzall is here to tell us more. thanks, sophie. as you say, it's the largest penalty ever handed down by the gambling commission. three companies owned b

west london last month. a man has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted rmt union has called off strikes that were due to be held at the ende month. this comes as discussions continue between . discussions continue between. the union and the rail delivery group in the long running dispute over pay , jobs and dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. members due to take industrial action on the 30th of march and the 1st of april. you're up to date on tv online dab radio and on the tune in app with gb news. the people's channel. back now to jacob rees—mogg . rees—mogg. i i would tell you how i voted. voted against the windsor framework and i voted against it because i didn't think it was the way to change the northern ireland protocol. i thought the northern protocol bill was , and northern protocol bill was, and the reason for that is that within windsor framework we are dependent on laws being changed by the european union which could be changed back again , and could be changed back again, and that applies to the brake as well, so that if the brake, wherever by the stormont assembly , the eu could then say assembly, the eu c

for the first time, london's west end has been lit up with 30,000 lights to mark the start of ramadan of london, sadiq khan, who is one of more than a million muslims in london celebrating. coventry street, which links leicester square with piccadilly, is illuminated with "happy ramadan". looks rather nice. absolutely beautiful, especially at dusk last night. now the weather with matt. blustery and still some rain around. more sunshine could develop in the coming hours. as we said a widespread story is of gates. some of the strongest winds this morning will be across parts of scotland. gusts of 50, 60 miles an hour. stronger winds out towards western coast. that will be whipping up some rough seas. a mild start if you are about to step out the door. temperature bit by the breeze. ireland a bit cooler. clear skies already before clear skies start to develop. into the start of the rush hour, east anglia and the south—east, strongest across shetland. for many there will be longer spells of sunshine today even compared with yesterday. showers dotted around. scotland and ireland the more f

end of the afternoon. rain easing from shetland, in between sunshine and showers. showers from the south—west to londonly winds, not very strong at this stage. but it is a mild one. 15 degrees possible in eastern scotland, 16 in central and eastern scotland, 16 in central and eastern england. above where we should be. we fin wish rain in northern ireland and that spreads across scotland and northern wales. all parts will see rain at times. lingering in the morning in southern england and a very mild start. here is the big picture on wednesday. the more persistent rain clearing and the stronger winds in the south. 60 or 70mph gusts across scotland during the morning and early afternoon. may stay cloudy and drizzly to the east of the english channel. elsewhere some showers, but for all a windy day with widespread gales. they're coming from a south—westerly direction, but still mild. staying windy into thursday. we xould could see an area of rain move into the south—east. could get close to the midlands. there will be a lot of showers in england and wales. fewer showers for scotland and northern ireland.

london. it mainly happens, guess what? in the poorer end, rather than the ficher poorer end, rather than the richer west end, some of the poorestern britain today have a great big fast, you know, dual carriageway running through the middle, running through the middle, running them. the running right beside them. the people there are people who live there are bifurcated perhaps off bifurcated or perhaps cut off from town centre that the from the town centre so that the sort paradigm a sort of the paradigm a generation ago there was a very famous book and i want to get to that in a technical but was a very famous book by an american actually not a planner, just a thinker a jane thinker and a writer. jane jacobs in 1960s called the jacobs in the 1960s called the death and life of american cities, in which said, hang cities, in which she said, hang on, is a disaster stuff on, this is a disaster stuff where stripping out our where we're stripping out our cities. we're making people less happy, productive. ever happy, less productive. and ever since planners and some since then, planners and some architects and not all have become in

london. it mainly happens, guess what? in the poorer end, rather than the ficher poorer end, rather than the richer west end, some of the poorestbritain today have a great big fast, you know, dual carriageway running through the middle, running through the middle, running them. the running right beside them. the people there are people who live there are bifurcated perhaps off bifurcated or perhaps cut off from town centre that the from the town centre so that the sort paradigm a sort of the paradigm a generation ago there was a very famous book and i want to get to that in a technical but was a very famous book by an american actually not a planner, just a thinker a jane thinker and a writer. jane jacobs in 1960s called the jacobs in the 1960s called the death and life of american cities, in which said, hang cities, in which she said, hang on, is a disaster stuff on, this is a disaster stuff where stripping out our where we're stripping out our cities. we're making people less happy, productive. ever happy, less productive. and ever since planners and some since then, planners and some architects and not all have become increa

terrible is in the end we're just going to have a little bit faster train from london to birmingham and we don't even know if the bit from sort of west central london is going to go i mean it just it it and it's been going on for i mean how long does it make this 20 years or something. yeah and nothing has happened. nothing has happened except we've wrecked beautiful countryside, we've made people very, very angry . made people very, very angry. and, and in the meantime we could have put a lot of money into northern railways and made the whole difference to people up to that. right. well on that note, scarlett mccgwire david mellor we say thank you very much. enjoy your budget day and we'll see you again next week. thanks, guys. thank you very much indeed. 846 time to much indeed. 846 is the time to this . top much indeed. 846 is the time to this. top stories are much indeed. 846 is the time to this . top stories are these much indeed. 846 is the time to this. top stories are these . this. top stories are these. over 10,000 rmt members are walking out in a dispute over pay walking out in a dispute over pay today. the have set up pick