channel are done on a case by case basis. schedule programming. 0n basis. schedule programming. on this occasion, it was not the audience would want to know about this particular historical moment in english football as it happened. it is not something we do without due consideration. it has been known for a while that audiences of traditional tv and radio news bulletins are in decline. particularly among the younger generation, who increasingly get their news from online sources such as tick tock, instagram and youtube. but a report out this week from the reuters institute lays bare the extent of that decline. around the world, the number of people taking a strong interest in the news has dropped by around a quarter in the last six years, and in the uk, that figure is 43%, lower than the global average. more than a third of people worldwide say they sometimes are often actively avoid the news. paul gilbert told his theory of why that might be. i read that news is