baker crossed the atlantic to escape segregation. in paris, she found fame with audiences hungry for american idols, using her celebrity to fight racism and pass messages for the french resistance during the second world war. this is one of the greatest honours france can bestow — a seat in the resting place of its national heroes. josephine baker is the first black woman to be honoured here, a member of france's wartime resistance movement and a lifelong campaigner against racism. that campaign shaped herfamily, too. baker adopted 12 children from around the world, calling it her rainbow tribe. these children represent an example of real brotherhood. they show to people that it is possible to live together if we so wish to. the pantheon today echoed with her trademark song, j'ai deux amours, a love song to paris, as the city that revered her a century ago claimed herforever as its own. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. now, some nice pictures to leave you with. a zoo in western france welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo this month... (

baker crossed the atlantic to escape segregation. in paris, she found fame with audiences hungry for american idols, using her celebrity to fight racism and pass messages for the french resistance during the second world war. this is one of the greatest honours france can bestow — a seat in the resting place of its national heroes. josephine baker is the first black woman to be honoured here, a member of france's wartime resistance movement and a lifelong campaigner against racism. that campaign shaped herfamily, too. baker adopted 12 children from around the world, calling it her rainbow tribe. these children represent an example of real brotherhood. they show to people that it is possible to live together if we so wish to. the pantheon today echoed with her trademark song, j'ai deux amours, a love song to paris, as the city that revered her a century ago claimed herforever as its own. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. adele has announced a residency at caesar's palace in las vegas. she follows in the footseteps of celine dion and

baker crossed the atlantic to escape segregation. in paris, she found fame with audiences hungry for american idols, using her celebrity to fight racism and pass messages for the french resistance during the second world war. this is one of the greatest honours france can bestow — a seat in the resting place of its national heroes. josephine baker is the first black woman to be honoured here, a member of france's wartime resistance movement and a lifelong campaigner against racism. that campaign shaped herfamily, too. baker adopted 12 children from around the world, calling it her rainbow tribe. these children represent an example of real brotherhood. they show to people that it is possible to live together if we so wish to. the pantheon today echoed with her trademark song, j'ai deux amours, a love song to paris, as the city that revered her a century ago claimed herforever as its own. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. adele has announced a residency at caesar's palace in las vegas. she follows in the footsteps of celine dion and

it is fascinating that steve baker is relaunching _ course. it is fascinating that steve baker is relaunching the _ course. it is fascinating that steve baker is relaunching the way - course. it is fascinating that steve . baker is relaunching the way forward group that caused so many problems for theresa may when i was in government for three and a half years. baker, an absolutely lovely man, created huge problems for the government and will probably continue to do that for boris johnson. but steve baker certainly feeling the brand of conservatism that boris johnson feeling the brand of conservatism that borisjohnson is presiding over isn't his brand of conservatism and absolutely no suggestion that he will leave the conservative party, but a suggestion he will challenge borisjohnson, he said he tried that before with theresa may and got there in the end, but it is something that is very worrying for borisjohnson and the people around him, you could argue some of what has happened in the last few weeks is a form of tittle tattle, but at the h

the response — she is removed from the whatsapp group by senior brexiteer steve baker, who says enough is enough. reacting to the news this morning, the health secretary paid tribute to lord frost. i'm sorry to see him go. i think he's been an outstanding public servant. he's done great things for this country, not least in helping to get brexit done but he's resigned out of principle. i think you can see that. i know all about resigning from government out of principle, and he has made that decision. and many conservative backbenchers agree with him. the pm suffered his biggest rebellion over that issue last week when 100 of his own mps voted against him. many of the things he worries about, i and many of my colleagues worry about. we want to see the conservative party as a low tax party going forward and we don't want our civil liberties to be restricted. labour says his departure leaves the prime minister in a weaker position. where the prime minister should be leading at the moment, he's in hiding, hiding from his own party, hiding from his backbenchers, and failing to lead, now, t

smith, — candidate was as follows: baker smith, suzanne, commonly known as susie, _ smith, suzanne, commonly known as susie, independent, 95. applause allen, andrea christabel, uk independence party, ukip, 378. myles. — independence party, ukip, 378. myles, andrew philip, rejoined eu, 58~ — myles, andrew philip, rejoined eu, 58. martin edward daubney, the reclaim party, 375. russell fraser— the reclaim party, 375. russell fraser dean, party party, 90. james _ fraser dean, party party, 90. james alexander elliott, heritage party, 79. alan "howling laud" hope, the official— "howling laud" hope, the official monster raving loony party, — official monster raving loony party, 118. earljesse, freedom alliance. — party, 118. earljesse, freedom alliance, the real alternative, 57. yolande kenward, three. duncan — 57. yolande kenward, three. duncan alastair kerr, the green party, _ duncan alastair kerr, the green party, 1738. helen margaret lillian — party, 1738. helen margaret lillian morgan, liberal democrats, 17,957. neil shastri—hurst, conservative party — shastri—hu

the fact that steve baker and dean dorris can have a row like that then she gets kicked off the group is indicative ofjust how nasty it has all become. the tory party has now become a kind of loose alliance of warring tribes, and so different factions want different things. the one thing that seems to unite every tory mp that i've spoken to is that they do want to get rid of boris johnson. the question is, really, how they go about doing so, because it's all a question of timing. i'm sure they'll all go home for christmas now and be plotting furiously. if they can get 5a signatures for a vote of no confidence then borisjohnson could be out early next year. the question is — they've got to make sure that if they strike they get it right, because you can only do one challenge every 12 months. so if they miscalculate, borisjohnson will be there for another year. some would say this doesn't bode well for the future of borisjohnson. you touched on it — 5a mps are needed to trigger a no—confidence vote in the prime minister. he was out blaming the media the other day, saying they are

now on bbc news, producer felicity baker, who has a stammer, reveals what it is like to live with the condition. 0k. i've worked for bbc news for ten years as a producer, always behind the scenes, finding guests, setting up stories. i wondered if you had someone that might be available for an interview? but recently, during a chance conversation with the presenter sophie raworth, i revealed my secret. i have a stammer. hello. i'm calling from the bbc. i've spent my whole life trying to hide it. now, i'm discovering that i'm not alone, and i'm not the only one who struggles to say my name. and i know you can say your name. will you say it? ican. ijust have to breathe. crowd jeers there's the rugby player who says his violence on the pitch was driven by his stammer.

the fact that steve baker and dean dorris can have a row like that then she gets kicked off the group is indicative ofjust how nasty it has all become. the tory party has all become. the tory party has now become a kind of loose alliance of warring tribes. so different factions want different factions want different things. the one thing that seems to unite every tory mp i've spoken to is they do want to get rid of boris johnson. the question is, really, how they go about doing it, because it is all a question of timing. i'm sure they'll all go home for christmas now and be plotting furiously. if they can get 5a signatures from those with no confidence, then borisjohnson confidence, then boris johnson could confidence, then borisjohnson could be out early next year. the question is they've got to make sure that if they strike they get it right because you can only do one challenge every 12 months. so if they miscalculate, borisjohnson will be there for another year. some would say this doesn't bode well for the future of borisjohnson. 5a mps i needed to trigger a no—confidence vote

the response, she is removed from the whatsapp group by senior brexiteer steve baker, who says enough is enough. reacting to the news this morning, the health secretary paid tribute to lord frost. i'm sorry to see him go. i think he's been an outstanding public servant. he's done great things for this country, not least in helping to get brexit done but he's resigned out of principle. i think you can see that. i know all about resigning from government out of principle and he has made that decision. and many conservative backbenchers are great with him. backbenchers agree with him. the pm suffered his biggest rebellion over that issue last week when 100 of his own mps voted against him. many of the things he worries about, i and many of my colleagues worry about. we want to see the conservative party as a low tax party going forward and we don't want our civil liberties to be restricted. labour says his departure leaves the prime minister in a weaker position. where the prime minister should be leading at the moment he's in hiding, hiding from his own party, hiding from his backbenche

after she made those comments, she was removed from the whatsapp group with serial brexiteer steve baker saying enough is enough. so clearly those views from the rank and file of the conservative party being felt very clearly last night. what of the conservative party being felt very clearly last night.— very clearly last night. what about the practical _ very clearly last night. what about the practical stuff, _ very clearly last night. what about the practical stuff, everyone - the practical stuff, everyone wanting to know what will happen with christmas and any more covid restrictions. i with christmas and any more covid restrictions-— restrictions. i think it was interesting, _ restrictions. i think it was interesting, some - restrictions. i think it was interesting, some of- restrictions. i think it was interesting, some of the l restrictions. i think it was - interesting, some of the comments restrictions. i think it was _ interesting, some of the comments by sajid javid just now when he was askedif sajid javid just now when he was asked if he could categorically rule out any f

the response — she is removed from the whatsapp group by senior brexiteer steve baker, who says enough is enough. reacting to the news this morning, the health secretary paid tribute to lord frost. i'm sorry to see him go. i think he's been an outstanding public servant. he's done great things for this country, not least in helping to get brexit done but he's resigned out of principle. i think you can see that. i know all about resigning from government out of principle, and he has made that decision. and many conservative backbenchers agree with him. the pm suffered his biggest rebellion over that issue last week when 100 of his own mps voted against him. many of the things he worries about, i and many of my colleagues worry about. we want to see the conservative party as a low tax party going forward and we don't want our civil liberties to be restricted. labour says his departure leaves the prime minister in a weaker position. where the prime minister should be leading at the moment, he's in hiding, hiding from his own party, hiding from his backbenchers, and failing to lead. now, t

but first of steve baker is relaunching conservative way forward and said, i'm not calling for the prime minister to resign. i'm not calling for the prime ministerto resign. i'm i'm not calling for the prime minister to resign. i'm calling for him to rescue his position. you are a former special adviser to four senior conservative cabinet ministers. steve is questioning the team around the prime minister. what do you take from that?— do you take from that? there are definitely some _ do you take from that? there are definitely some questions - do you take from that? there are definitely some questions in - do you take from that? there are l definitely some questions in terms of why the prime minister is being advised. every politician takes advice from all sorts of quarters, notjust people who are paid to advise them but the buck has to stop somewhere and i think there are people who, like allegra stratton, and we both worked as bbc journalists, believe it or not, long time ago. some people feel she has been thrown under the bus. i'm not entirely sure what i think of that but i know ri

stephanie baker is with bloomberg media.

after she made those comments, she was removed from the whatsapp group with serial brexiteer steve baker saying enough is enough. an army of nhs vaccine ambassadors have been deployed to shopping centres and transport hubs across england to encourage people to get their boosterjabs. around 900 people will form �*street teams' and will visit dozens of high footfall areas across the country every day until christmas eve. our correspondent aruna iyengar is at a vaccination centre in wembley. over to you. it's a pretty cold day here at wembley _ over to you. it's a pretty cold day here at wembley stadium, - over to you. it's a pretty cold day here at wembley stadium, the i over to you. it's a pretty cold day - here at wembley stadium, the home of english football. hoping to vaccinate here around 5000 people today, yesterday nhs for north west london was at stamford bridge at chelsea, lots of premiership games have been cancelled today but stadium like this are being used to roll out coronavirus vaccines. with me i have the chief nurse for north west london, pippa nightingale. what's the re

the response, she is removed from the whatsapp group by senior brexiteer steve baker, who says enough is enough. reacting to the news this morning, the health secretary paid tribute to lord frost. i'm sorry to see him go. i think he's been an outstanding public servant. he's done great things for this country, not least in helping to get brexit done but he's resigned out of principle. i think you can see that. i know all about resigning from government out of principle and he has made that decision. and many conservative backbenchers agree with him. the pm suffered his biggest rebellion over that issue last week when 100 of his own mps voted against him. many of the things he worries about, i and many of my colleagues worry about. we want to see the conservative party as a low tax party going forward and we don't want our civil liberties to be restricted. labour says his departure leaves the prime minister in a weaker position. where the prime minister should be leading at the moment he's in hiding, hiding from his own party, hiding from his backbenchers and failing to lead, now, that

but fortunately, being a baker, we can plant that takeaway service. we do have that luxury. but the community... everyone has been very supportive of us in making a decision. itibi’htzit everyone has been very supportive of us in making a decision.— us in making a decision. what about other businesses _ us in making a decision. what about other businesses around _ us in making a decision. what about other businesses around you - us in making a decision. what about other businesses around you that i us in making a decision. what about| other businesses around you that are able to respond and be flexible? are you seeing them do the same? yes. able to respond and be flexible? are you seeing them do the same? yes, we are, buti you seeing them do the same? yes, we are. but i have — you seeing them do the same? yes, we are, but i have spoken _ you seeing them do the same? yes, we are, but i have spoken to _ you seeing them do the same? yes, we are, but i have spoken to a _ you seeing them do the same? yes, we are, but i have spoken to a local- are, but i have spoken to a loc

immeasurable loss and grief suffered stab jason the immeasurable loss and grief suffered stabjason baker qc, the government�*s barrister. ligament isn�*t saying it is responsible for the safety of individual buildings, it�*s also saying that in some cases the industry didn�*t follow regulations that the government regards as absolutely clear. and that will be an issue, i think, which will be disputed and debated at the enquiry in its coming phases. and also the barrister set out the many changes that have happened, the introduction of a building safety regulator being one of them, which is in effect a complete u—turn from the previous policy of trying to cut red tape when it came to the construction of buildings. hundreds of staff of an american companyjoined a zoom call with their boss, only to be told he was sacking them. vishal garg, chief executive of a mortgage firm called better.com, blamed staff performance, productivity and market changes for the mass online dismassal of some 900 people, just before christmas. lebo diseko reports. thank you forjoining. um... i come to y