in the last few years, we have heard lots about the metaverse and how it s going to change our lives online. i ve made several stories about it and the effect it s going to have. yeah, but you had help! i beg your pardon? you had help from the likes of me the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that s helped with all of these stories on the telly. well, if you know so much about it, perhaps you d like to explain what the metaverse actually is then? my pleasure! if we think of the current internet as something that we look at, the metaverse is the next version of the net that we are inside, experiencing as a sd avatar like this one. that s the broad idea it doesn t truly exist yet. but games like fortnite and roblox of us a glimpse offer us a glimpse of what the metaverse could be virtual realms that play host to pop concerts, fashion shows, and sports. ah! as well as allowing us to play games. and mashing up different activities across genres and industri
this will mean 139 fewer roles in audio teams, though the bbc says there will be additional posts created in investigative and digital journalism. the plans have gone down badly, with the culture minister saying the government is disappointed and the national union ofjournalists describing them as the biggest threat ever to local radio. listeners also expressed their concern, with lynn mcadam writing, well, the bbc s director of nations spoke to us injuly about cuts to local television news, and he joins us again to discuss these plans for local radio. greater sharing across regions. wouldn t that destroy the audience s connections to their very local stations? let remember what these proposals are. we are planning to keep all our local stations, all 39 local stations, completely local between 6am and 2pm. that is when most listeners tune in. and then during the rest of the afternoon, rather than 39 programmes, we will have 18 programmes across england, still much more local