information spoke to us injuly about cuts to local television news and he joins us again to discuss these plans for local radio. greatersharing discuss these plans for local radio. greater sharing across regions. won t that destroy the connection of audiences to their local station? we connection of audiences to their local station? we plan to kee all their local station? we plan to keep all our their local station? we plan to keep all our local their local station? we plan to keep all our local stations, - keep all our local stations, all 39 local stations completely local between 6am and 2pm when most listeners tune in. during the rest of the afternoon, ratherthan tune in. during the rest of the afternoon, rather than 39 programmes we will have 18 programmes we will have 18 programmes across england, still much more local than the local television news services. some of the bigger stations will keep their local services in the afternoon and then the smaller stations will
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
interest rates are expected to rise sharply today, as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base rate by three quarters of a percentage point from 2.25% to 3%. that would be its eighth consecutive increase since december, pushing the rate to its highest level for m years. it would also mark the biggest single increase since 1989, and could have a big impact on the cost of living and people s finances. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk. it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may lea
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