live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in america where aviation authorities are still trying to find out why a safety messaging system failed, grounding all departing flights for more than an hour early on wednesday. the white house says there is no evidence of a cyber attack at this point. the us transport secretary said the federal aviation administration must find out why backup systems didn t prevent the failure. our north america correspondent gary o donaghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes untilfurther notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on pl
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
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